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Government fails to set standards: no conviction possible for operating illegal brothel

March 28, 2018

Government fails to set standards: no conviction possible for operating illegal brothel
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PHILIPSBURG – The public prosecutor demanded 36 months with 6 months suspended and 2 years of probation against Juan L., owner of the Juan Bar in Cole Bay for ill-treatment, human trafficking and the illegal employment of eleven foreign women who worked as prostitutes in the rooms he rented out to them. The prosecution also wants to seize cash worth a bit more than $5,500 investigators found hidden in the defendant’s bedroom in dollar, guilder and euro denominations. The court will pronounce its verdict on April 18.

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